Chapter 145: Uchiha Shuichi!

Watching the tiger-masked man depart, Fujinaka Genma did not pursue.

He looked down at the Mangekyo Sharingan in his hand and saw it rapidly fade, finally vanishing.

Izanagi!

Did he disable his other eye?

Obviously not—he must have implanted another three-tomoe Sharingan beforehand and cast Izanagi on himself in advance, setting a trigger condition.

“He didn’t ambush me during Izanagi’s immortality window—he must have been frightened by me.”

Fujinaka Genma didn’t care about losing one eye.

But from this encounter, he revealed something himself.

For instance, Flying Thunder God.

Flying Thunder God requires a mark to teleport; anyone who has faced it and survived can usually analyze it.

Now, he has revealed another thing.

Without a coordinate, he can still teleport short distances.

Fujinaka Genma was certain the opponent couldn’t deduce his ability to move freely within his perception range because he didn’t pursue just now.

From the enemy’s perspective, someone with such an ability would never let the chance to chase go.

Fujinaka Genma didn’t pursue because first, with both Kamui active, it’s very hard to kill the opponent under normal circumstances.

Second, he needed to feed the enemy misleading information.

Third, he needed the Akatsuki—or rather, the Moon’s Eye Plan!

“But Izanagi is troublesome—I must control the three-tomoe Sharingan and prevent it from leaking out.”

Fujinaka Genma muttered to himself.

At that moment, Shisui Uchiha returned and, seeing Fujinaka Genma unharmed, quietly exhaled in relief. “My lord, I apologize—the enemy escaped.”

“Don’t worry. When we fought at the Shinobigakure Bridge, I took Obito away from him myself.”

Fujinaka Genma shook his head with a faint smile—he knew the White Zetsu’s abilities.

If someone wanted to flee, few could catch them unless it was him.

Especially since this White Zetsu with the swirl mask wasn’t an ordinary cultivated one—his abilities were still formidable.

At the very least, being able to move freely through earth and vegetation was enough to be a headache.

Shisui Uchiha nodded and recounted his analysis of the swirl-masked man’s abilities.

Fujinaka Genma listened, nodding repeatedly.

Shisui Uchiha truly had keen insight and exceptional analytical observation skills.

At that moment, the other three also returned, all unharmed.

Like Shisui Uchiha, they reported to Fujinaka Genma the intelligence gathered during their pursuit.

After comparing their reports with Shisui’s, they confirmed their enemy all shared the same ability to vanish through earth and vegetation.

Shisui Uchiha immediately recalled the transformation technique Fujinaka Genma had used against the Mist ninja.

“My lord, were all the ones who lured us away the swirl-masked man?”

Shisui Uchiha looked at Fujinaka Genma.

Fujinaka Genma nodded. “That’s why I said this guy is still troublesome—he may not be strong in direct combat, but he has unique traits.”

“He can hide underground, travel beneath the earth, and move through vegetation.”

“And his transformation technique can mimic chakra perfectly. Judging by chakra alone, those three were Mist ninja—if Itachi didn’t communicate, Itachi’d never know if they were real or fake.”

Shisui Uchiha and the other three were stunned. Shisui Uchiha then remembered his own test in the Root.

“Did my lord already have intelligence on this mysterious man?”

Obito Uchiha thought.

“Let’s go—but stay alert.”

Fujinaka Genma said no more and gave the order to depart.

Though the eye extraction failed, the main goal of this mission had largely been achieved.

In the Land of Rain, a certain cave.

Uchiha Shuichi met up with the swirl-masked White Zetsu.

He now held the shattered mask. Though the time was brief, his identity had undoubtedly been exposed.

“No wonder he’s called the God of Konoha—his Flying Thunder God has surpassed even the current Fourth Hokage and the buried Second Hokage, Hashirama Senju.”

“Shuichi, this was an extremely dangerous mission. Thank goodness Itachi took my advice and cast Izanagi on yourself first—otherwise, Itachi’d be half-blind right now…”

The swirl-masked White Zetsu chattered on, leaving Uchiha Shuichi with a helpless expression and a darkened face. “If your only goal was to mock me, Itachi’ve succeeded.”

“But we must admit—we didn’t come away empty-handed. At least now we know Fujinaka Genma’s abilities.”

The swirl-masked White Zetsu immediately countered: “So, dear Shuichi, have Itachi devised a way to deal with Fujinaka Genma yet?”

“Otherwise, if he targets us, we’ll be in serious trouble.”

Uchiha Shuichi’s face darkened further: “No.”

“But this time, I was just careless.”

“I have no good counter against him—but with Kamui, he can’t do anything to me either.”

The swirl-masked White Zetsu shrugged, as if he’d exhausted his complaints. “Alright, alright—Itachi’re right.”

“So what do we do next?”

“Konoha will soon reach an agreement with Hanzo. If the chaos in the Land of Rain ends, our operations will be severely restricted.”

“Besides, our original plan was to kill Hanzo and use the Hidden Rain Village as a perfect hidden base.”

“Now, that’s impossible.”